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Nuclear energy: Critical explanation
What can we expect from small modular reactors (SMRs)? The media increasingly argue that small modular reactors (SMRs) are sustainable, cheap and safe and justify a possible investment in nuclear power plants in the future. The political …
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Start-Wijs: How do you keep (your) starting teachers on board?
The teacher shortage and the outflow of starting teachers poses a major challenge. Various short and long(er) term actions are taken or planned. To what extent do these really meet the needs of novice teachers? And what are the reasons why …
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The VAD student survey
The student survey investigates substance use (tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, psychoactive medication, gambling and gaming) in the social environment of young people at school and Flemish level.
By participating in the VAD student survey, you get to …
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Initial guidance for beginning teachers: Dropout and induction of beginning teachers in Flanders (Reports 2020, 2021)
In this article you will find two reports:
Initial guidance (induction) of beginning teachers in European countries:
This report provides an overview of different systems of initial guidance in other European countries. The report analyzes …Translated by
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Scientific follow-up of professionalization trajectories to strengthen leadership for recovery and resilience: Education research
The aim of this research is to map the preconditions, processes and effects of the professionalization initiatives set up in order to formulate recommendations for the professional continuum of school leaders and to provide insight into good …
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Find out everything about media use and media education in families: Figures MediaNest 2023
In 2023, we mapped media use and media education in Flemish families for the third time. For this edition, more than 1000 of you gave us an insight into your children's screen use: which media do they use at what age, what can they already do on …
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Nature involvement among young people in secondary education: Scientific report and survey
On behalf of Duurzaam Educatiepunt, UAntwerp examined the scientific literature on nature involvement in secondary education. The report takes a closer look at the barriers and levers to get young people more involved in nature. An additional …
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Wise lessons for developing, choosing and using teaching materials in compulsory education
How do you choose a teaching method as a teacher, specialist group or school team? What do you take into account when developing a learning resource? How do you use the textbook in a thoughtful way in your classroom practice? There is little …
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A Children's Rights Approach to Education: Unicef Methodological Guide
With this methodological guide 'A children's rights approach in education' UNICEF aims to enable every child to develop to their full potential and participate in a just society.
Offering a children's rights approach in education …
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Gaming girls are tomorrow's scientists
Teenage girls who regularly play video games are three times more likely to choose a STEM degree in higher education. That is the conclusion of a study by the University of Surrey by researcher Anesa Hosein.
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Making learning outcomes visible through the use of dashboards
At the end of 2019, Toll-net and Gito Overijse developed a plan for a dashboard tool. This tool is a kind of graphical report (progress report) that shows the main performance indicators relevant to a particular course/training in one …
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Student and teacher, caring for teacher together: An explorative study of self-directed learning
This research report aims to:
- to provide teachers and schools with tools on how to realize self-directed learning in an innovative learning environment (research question 1) and to examine which preconditions (at teacher, class and school level) must …
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